Downstream news

Mammoet-Haisla Joint Venture (J.V.) has completed the pile handing scope for the LNG Canada project through JGC-Fluor Joint Venture in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.

Worley has secured a services contract with Parkland Refining (B.C.) Ltd for its strategic projects at the Burnaby refinery in British Columbia, Canada.

Dow and Shell have reported progress on their technology programme to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces.

Covenant Energy chooses Haldor Topsoe’s solutions to produce renewable diesel with low carbon footprint.

Neste and LyondellBasell agree on long-term commercial relationship to make polymers and chemicals from renewable feedstock more widely available to global brands.

Axens and Sulzer Chemtech (GTC Technology) have formed an alliance to license an advanced process for fluid catalytic cracking naphtha processing.

In its June ‘Short-Term Energy Outlook’ (STEO), the EIA forecasts that rising global production of petroleum and other liquid fuels will limit price increases for global crude oil benchmarks.

DuPont has announced the successful startup of the STRATCO alkylation units at the Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Co. LTC refinery in Zhejiang, China and the Sinopec Shanghai Company (SPC) refinery in Jinshan, Shanghai, China.

Carboline has announced the acquisition of the Dudick Inc. business, a leader in high-performance coatings, flooring, and tank linings.

Chevron Marine Lubricants will boost its presence in African ports after extending its joint venture with Akwa Group.